Scott C. (scotso) from EAST ISLIP, NY
Reviewed on 9/7/2018...
In the early days of cds, this was one of the few sets of 40's musics. Most if not all has also now been on the the exhaustive Time Life hit parade collection. Sound quality is pretty decent
CD 1
[2:41] I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) - Harry James & orch. w/Dick Haymes
[2:39] Ac-cen-tchu-ate the Positive - Bing Crosby w/the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's orch.
[2:19] Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer - Song Spinners
[2:30] Swingin' on a Star - Bing Crosby w/the Williams Bros. Quartet & John Scott Trotter's orch.
[3:06] To Each His Own - Ink Spots
SIDE TWO
[2:32] Praise the Lord And Pass The Ammunition - Kay Kyser & his orch. w/Glee Club
[2:36] (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover - Kay Kyser & orch. w/Harry Babbitt & Glee Club
[2:40] Deep In The Heart of Texas - Bing Crosby w/Woody Herman & his Woodchoppers
[2:43] nBoogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Andrews Sisters w/Vic Schoen's orch.
[2:49] I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby w/John Scott Trotter's orch.
[3:14] (I Got Spurs) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser & orch. w/Julie Conway, Harry Babbitt & the group
[2:50] Shoo Shoo Baby - Andrews Sisters w/ Vic Schoen's orch.
[3:18] Green Eyes - Jimmy Dorsey & orch. w/Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell
[3:17] I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire - Horace Heidt's Musical Knights, w/Larry Cotton, Donna Wood & her Don Juans
[3:03] Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby w/the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's orch.
[3:00] I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James & orch. w/Helen Forrest
[2:43] You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners
[3:09] Rum and Coca-Cola - Andrews Sisters w/Vic Schoen's orch.
[3:24] It's Been a Long, Long Time - Harry James & orch. w/Kitty Kallen
[2:37] Dance With a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking) - Russ Morgan & orch. w/Al Jennings
CD 2
[2:56] Oh! What It Seemed To Be - Frankie Carle & orch. w/Marjorie Hughes
[3:10] Sentimental Journey - Les Brown & orch. w/Doris Day
[3:15] My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time - Les Brown & orch. w/Doris Day
[2:43] Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) - Frank Sinatra w/Axel Stordahl's orch. & the Bobby Tucker singers
[2:42] Mairzy Doats - Merry Macs w/ George Olsen & orch.
[2:51] Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter & his Troopers
[2:58] Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Ink Spots
[3:11] Somebody Else is Taking My Place - Benny Goodman & orch. w/Peggy Lee
[3:22] You Always Hurt the One You Love - Mills Brothers
[3:11] Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) - Glenn Miller & orch. w/Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke & the Modernaires
[2:56] Daddy - Sammy Kaye & orch. w/the Kaye Choir
[3:32] In the Mood - Glenn Miller & orch.
[3:09] There! I've Said It Again - Vaughn Monroe & orch.
[3:13] Piano Concerto in B Flat - Freddy Martin & orch. w/Jack Fina, piano
[3:13] I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen - Sammy Kaye & orch. w/Don Cornell
[3:22] Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller & orch. w/Tex Beneke, the Modernaires & Paula Kelly
[2:40] There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey & orch. w/Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers
[2:41] I'll Walk Alone - Dinah Shore w/Mixed Chorus
[2:17] Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye & orch. w/Nancy Norman, Billy Williams and the Kaye Choir
[3:04] When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) - Vaughn Monroe & orch.
[2:40] Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones & his City Slickers
[3:30] As Time Goes By - Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees
[3:08] I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey and orch. w/Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers
[3:10] Till the End of Time - Perry Como w/Russ Case's orch.